Paul Kennedy's classic naval history, now updated with a new introduction by the author This acclaimed book traces Britain's rise and fall as a sea power from t

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A leading foreign policy thinker uses Chinese political theory to explain why some powers rise as others decline and what this means for the international order

About national and international power in the "modern" or Post Renaissance period. Explains how the various powers have risen and fallen over the 5 centuries si

This timely book provides a general overview of Great Power politics and world order from 1500 to the present. Jeremy Black provides several historical case-stu